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PICTURE ALIA MELISA BINTI JOHAN ARIFF LIM
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Nickname: Melisa Q1. Why did you initially want to study architecture?
Age: 19 A. When I was a kid, I relished drawing, scribbling arts on papers and watching art videos on
Hometown: Perak, Malaysia youtube. Art has always been my passion up until now. My mother is very supportive
because she has always assured that I have a flair for the arts. Having the interest not only
in arts, but also in science such as Physics, Chemistry and additional mathematics, she
Skills: suggested me to be an architect. When I was a science stream student, I did hope that
my career and my degree would be in the architecture path.
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Q2. Who inspires you?
A. It would be my mother. But, in terms of architecture, a lot of famous architects have
Model Making 6/10 inspired me like Zaha Hadid and Frank Gehry.

Q3. Besides architecture, what else would you like to pursue?
AutoCAD 6/10 A. Physicist or Building Surveyor, it is either under the department of built environment or in
Science field.

Photoshop 6/10 Q4. What life lesson have you learnt from your first year of architecture studio?
A. Time management and work hard are so important, it doesn’t matter what your ranking
is, work hard for me exceed those, because you might fail now but with hard work, you
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Q5. What message do you have for someone interested in studying architecture?
A. If you want an easy life, don’t be an architect.
-Zaha Hadid -

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